LONDON Police forces are "almost powerless" against the rising gun crime incidents in the capital as new weapons continue to be smuggled in and out of the country, warned a former Met Police officer.

Speaking to TalkRADIO, Peter Bleksley claimed gun crime has increased since 2015 with the soaring number of arms being smuggled in and outside of the country. The former police officer argued the Met Police is "almost powerless" against the phenomenon as new "clean" and untraceable guns are now used by criminals instead of ones used to commit other crimes in the past. He said: “Since 2015/2016 the number of gun incidents has been rising. There was over 6500 recorded quite recently and it would appear, certainly on the admission of this Chief Constable, that the numbers are rising.